Company touts beneficial chocolate

A COMPANY BASED IN HAWAII IS INTRODUCING A LINE OF FUNCTIONAL CHOCOLATES THAT CONTAIN GREATER LEVELS OF THE NATURAL AND HEALTHY ELEMENTS OF THE COCOA TREE.

CITING VARIOUS UNIVERSITY STUDIES, THE HAWAIIAN VINTAGE CHOCOLATE COMPANY POINTS TO RESEARCH WHICH SHOWS CHOCOLATE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE ANTI-OXIDANT. OTHER STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT SOME NATURAL CHEMICALS FOUND IN CHOCOLATE CAN AFFECT BEHAVIOR.

THE COMPANY IN FEBRUARY INTRODUCED ITS "LOVE TRUFFLES" BRAND OF CHOCOLATES. IT SAYS THE CANDY CONTAINS ENHANCED AMOUNTS OF ENDORPHIN-PRODUCING NATURAL CHEMICALS INTENDED TO IMPROVE ONE'S MOOD.

(May 5, 2000)
THE DREADED "D"-WORD IS WORKING IT'S WAY INTO THE VOCABULARY OF LARGE PORTIONS OF THE U-S CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES HAVE PUSHED SOME AREAS INTO EXTREME DROUGHT STATUS.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people if...
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Snowpack in the mountain valleys where the Colorado River originates was only a little below normal on Wednesday, marking one of the few bright spots in an increasingly grim drought gripping much of the West.
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